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Dracut man dies in ATV crash

By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com

Posted:
08/18/2014 06:35:50 AM EDT

GLOVER, Vt. -- A 27-year-old Dracut man died Thursday of injuries sustained when he was ejected from an ATV after hitting a pool of water on a private trail in Vermont where he often spent long weekends.

Vermont State Police said Peter Stavrou, 27, was riding a 2011 Honda Rincon ATV without a helmet on private property when he struck a pool of water and was ejected from the vehicle Thursday about 8 p.m.

Vermont State Police and firefighters from the town of Glover responded to the crash, but Stavrou was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital. State Trooper Andrew Collier, who is investigating the crash, said the exact cause of death remains pending.

Collier said an investigation into the crash remains ongoing, but that there will not be criminal charges since the crash occurred on private property.

Stavrou attended the Hellenic American Academy and the St. Jeanne d'Arc School in Lowell before graduating from Lowell High School in 2005, according to his obituary. He was also a graduate of Suffolk University.

Stavrou loved the outdoors, music, cooking and family, according to his obituary.